Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-06-09
FARM MANAGEMENT.
Advantages Of United Effort
Among Those Engaged in
Commercial Farming.
Most Domesticated Animals Desire
Change of Food as Often as Men Do.
Concert OF Action.

MoSt persons nave nOtlceu tnaJ III
dividuals engaged in the same kind of
business in Il large city are likely to
congregate in one quarter till they give
il distinctive character. Wall street,
New York, contains most most of the
brokers' Oil es of the entire city. An
other short street is almost entirely oc-
cupied by the manufacturers of and
dealers in jewelry. All the newspaper
offices are run together. In this city
one entire street is given up to the gem
eral commission business. Nearly all
the grain commission houses are in the
immediate vicinity of the board of
trade building. while the dealers in cat
tie. hogs, and sheep are about the
Union stock-yards. The great manu-
facturers of clothing are close together,
though the quarter they occupy pos
scss.s no special advantage tor this
branch of manufacture and trade. AS
the city becomes older. if it escapes
great fires, every kind of business will
be likely to concentrate in some par
ticular locality. Indiv ,duals, firms, and
corporations engaged in the same de-
partment of manufacturing or trade
are. of crurse, engaged in sharp com
petitions, but they lind it to their adj
vantage to be close together. Each
likes to see and know what all others
are doing. Each, too, derives consid-
cradle advantage from the others.
There is much comfy between rivals
in any branch OF business. They not
infrequently exchange goods and ac-
commodate those who happen to have a
small stock Of some common and stand
ard article. They are of mutual value
in giving information about the relia-
bill " of persons who come to buy
goods. Customers, too. derive advan-
iage by having dealers in the same
class of goods located near each other
Country IN, chants are likely to con-
duct themselves as city women do when
they 60 out shopping" IT they do
not find just what they want in one
place they go to another, and steps and
time are saved if similar establishments
are in the immediate neighborhood.
Observation also shows that persons
engaged in any department of CONNER
cial farming, fruit-growing, or stock
breeding are more likely to prosper if
they are surrounded by those who are
engaged in the same pursuit En-
thu,iasm is inspired by numbers. There
is pleaurc us well rs business advantage
in the compan onship of those engaged
in the same calling. Onl person
possessed of great ability, knowledge.
pluck. energy and perseverance is likely
to succeed n any undertaking if he is
isolated from those who are en-
gagged in the same work. He is obliged
to study out every thing himself. while
he derives no benefit from the eX-
experience of them. There is no one
within reasonable distance whom he
can consult if he is in trouble or i'm
want of special information. He finds
great difficulty in procuring suitable
help. rs SO few are acquainted with
what he is doing. He is obi ged to
educate persons before their labor is
profitable A man may be good gen
eral farm-hand, but may not know how
TO shear sheep, raise tobacco pkiuts,
cure hops, or harvest broom corn.
Outside of our dairy districts it is diff
cult to procure good mixers. Green
hands are awkward and slow in pick
ing small fruits. punching asparagus,
or blanching celery.
A sheep-raiser by himself generally
has n hard time. Most of his neigh
bors will keep dogs that are fond of
muttons. and think it is fun to worry
sheep, but which will not run after
fox and will flee from wolf. II a
| dozen men in the same Deighborhood
keep large tlocks of sheep they will
generally procure the enactment of q
dog law, and will see that il is enforced.
They Will resort TO measures that will
result in reducing the canine popula-
ton of the vicinity to the smallest
number that can do the leg innate bust
ness of the neighborhood. They will
unite in killing wolves and other de-
structive animals. They will make q
home market for wool to which buyers
will come. A generous feeling of
rivalry will result in bringing up the
quality of wool in all the hocks. They
will practice economy in changing
bucks. They will hold meetings and
discuss the merits of different breeds
of sheep, and VIII finally find the one
that is best suited to their locality. Be-
fore many years they will gain a
reputation not only for their wool. but
for their breeding stock. This will at
tract buyers of bucks and ewes to take
to places where sheep-raising is lead
ing industry. Large buyers of breeding
stock, especially of sheep, Ike to go to
place where they can obtain car
load. and where they can make judi
cious selection of animals from several
locks.
Ii a man has sufficient land, capital,
and help and enough cows and build
ngs he can establish dairy-farm and
make success of it, even if all his
neighbors are engaged in grain-raising
or the production of meat, fruit, tobac-
co. or wool. But f he has not very
large capital, he will be likely to find
milk product on, or the manufacture
of butter and cheese Improbable if
none of bis neighbors are engaged in
dairying The milk of about five hun
dred cows is wanted to warrant the es-
adjustment of a cooperative creamery
or cheese factory Unless man has
very large farm he will find it con-
venient or economical to keep more
than twenty-five milch cows. As this
is the case, concert of action between
twenty farmers living within radius
OF about two miles of the factory will
be necessary to insure its support. OBJ
servation in most parts OF this country,
as well Us in England, Holland, and
Denmark, shows that dairying is most
profitable in localities that are almost
entirely given up to it. In dairying. as